Best mind-bending Japanese movies on SonyLIV in India

By the KyaDekhu team · Updated 23 October 2026 · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb

19 movies on SonyLIV in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 7.2. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.

1. Your Name. (2016)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 46m · U/A 13+ · Animation, Romance · IMDb 8.4 (4.1L votes)

TwistyVisually stunningHeartwarming

High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.

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2. Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (2025)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 40m · A · Animation, Action · IMDb 8.3 (71.4K votes)

Visually stunningFast-pacedMatureTwisty

In a brutal war between devils, hunters, and secret enemies, a mysterious girl named Reze has stepped into Denji's world, and he faces his deadliest battle yet, fueled by love in a world where survival knows no rules.

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3. Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train (2020)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 57m · UA · Animation, Action · IMDb 8.2 (1.0L votes)

Visually stunningEdge-of-seatDark & grittyFast-paced

Tanjiro Kamado, joined with Inosuke Hashibira, a boy raised by boars who wears a boar's head, and Zenitsu Agatsuma, a scared boy who reveals his true power when he sleeps, boards the Infinity Train on a new mission with the Fire Hashira, Kyojuro Rengoku, to defeat a demon who has been tormenting the people and killing

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4. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 45m · UA · Animation, Action · IMDb 7.8 (67.9K votes)

Visually stunningEdge-of-seatTwistyFast-paced

Yuta Okkotsu is a nervous high school student who is suffering from a serious problem—his childhood friend Rika has turned into a curse and won't leave him alone. Since Rika is no ordinary curse, his plight is noticed by Satoru Gojo, a teacher at Jujutsu High, a school where fledgling exorcists learn how to combat curs

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5. Suzume (2022)

Movie · Japanese · 2h 2m · U/A 7+ · Animation, Drama · IMDb 7.6 (66.8K votes)

Visually stunningTwistyEdge-of-seat

Suzume, 17, lost her mother as a little girl. On her way to school, she meets a mysterious young man. But her curiosity unleashes a calamity that endangers the entire population of Japan, and so Suzume embarks on a journey to set things right.

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6. Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 45m · Action, Adventure · IMDb 7.3 (13.1K votes)

Visually stunningTwistyEdge-of-seat

Munich, Germany, 1923. Two years have passed since Edward Elric was dragged from his own world to ours, leaving behind his country, his friends and his younger brother, Alphonse. Stripped of his alchemical powers, he has been all this time researching rocketry together with Alphonse Heiderich, a young man who resembles

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7. Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale (2017)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 59m · Animation, Action · IMDb 7.3 (10.4K votes)

Visually stunningFast-pacedEdge-of-seatTwisty

In 2026, a new machine called the Augma is developed to compete against the NerveGear and its successor, the Amusphere. A next-gen wearable device, the Augma doesn't have a full-dive function like its predecessors. Instead, it uses Augmented Reality to get players into the game. It is safe, user-friendly and lets users

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8. Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic (2017)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 40m · Animation, Action · IMDb 7.7 (2.1K votes)

Visually stunningMatureDark & grittyCold & detached

Ciel learns of a "Aurora Society", that is rumored to be researching how to bring the dead back to life. Their next meeting is scheduled to be conducted on the ship Campania, voyaging across the Atlantic Ocean. Much to Ciel's dismay, Elizabeth "Lizzy" Midford, is taking the same ship, thus leaving him with no choice bu

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9. The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 30m · Animation, Adventure · IMDb 6.8 (16.4K votes)

Visually stunningTwistySlow-burnSerious

In a post-war alternative timeline, Japan is divided into the North, controlled by the Union, and the South, controlled by the United States. A mysterious high tower rises within the borders of the Union. Three high school students promise to cross the border with a self-built airplane and unravel the secret of the tow

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10. To Every You I've Loved Before (2022)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 42m · Animation, Romance · IMDb 7.0 (1.5K votes)

TwistyHeartwarmingVisually stunning

While struggling to make friends after his parents’ divorce, Koyomi Takasaki meets Kazune Takigawa, but apparently, they already have. Kazune reveals that she’s from World Line 85, an alternate universe in which she and Koyomi are lovers. But in a reality where moving between dimensions is natural, could Koyomi be the

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11. To Me, the One Who Loved You (2022)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 38m · Animation, Romance · IMDb 7.0 (1.5K votes)

TwistyVisually stunningHeartwarmingSerious

Koyomi Hidaka and Shiori Sato meet at his father’s research center and begin to fall in love, but so do their parents, who eventually marry. To avoid becoming stepsiblings, they decide to run away to a parallel universe. Traveling between dimensions is common in their world, but not without repercussions. Does a univer

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12. Eden of the East Movie I: The King of Eden (2009)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 22m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 6.8 (1.8K votes)

TwistyVisually stunningFast-pacedEdge-of-seat

Takizawa prevented Japan's destruction - and then he vanished. Six months later, clues lead Saki to the Big Apple in search of her missing friend. Meanwhile, the remaining Selecao are plotting their final move. Some of them would prefer Takizawa dead and out of the way. Some might even be willing to help him achieve hi

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13. Psycho-Pass: Providence (2023)

Movie · Japanese · 2h 1m · Animation, Crime · IMDb 7.0 (1.0K votes)

TwistyVisually stunningCold & detachedDark & gritty

While attending a meeting as a Chief Inspector of the Public Security Bureau, Akane Tsunemori received a report that an incident had occurred on a foreign vessel , and this was the beginning of a big and unexpected case.

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14. Eden of the East Movie II: Paradise Lost (2010)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 33m · Animation, Mystery · IMDb 6.8 (1.4K votes)

TwistyFast-pacedVisually stunningEdge-of-seat

Accused of terrorism and feeling the heat, Saki's high-tech crew is in the crosshairs. Meanwhile, the shroud of mystery covering Takizawa is lifted as he and his fellow Selecao make their final moves. Every game must come to an end. For those playing Mr. Outside's twisted game of conspiracy thrills, the end comes now.

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15. Mobile Suit Gundam 00 The Movie: -A Wakening of the Trailblazer- (2010)

Movie · Japanese · 2h 3m · Action, Animation · IMDb 6.8 (822 votes)

Visually stunningTwistyEdge-of-seatFast-paced

The year is 2314 AD, two years have passed since the defeat of the Innovades and the exposure of the A-Laws' crimes against humanity. The A-Laws have been abolished and their infrastructure integrated into the Earth Sphere Federation Army. However, the world's exposure to GN Particles has resulted in many people awaken

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16. Gridman Universe (2023)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 58m · Animation, Action · IMDb 6.9 (378 votes)

Visually stunningTwistyEdge-of-seat

Yuta Hibiki finds himself drawing Gridman, who he seems to have missing memories of. Now in his second year at Tsutsujidai High School, Yuta decides it's time to confess his feelings for Rikka. But their peaceful days would come to a end as Gridman suddenly returns with a warning: "The balance of this world is collapsi

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17. Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative (2018)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 29m · Animation, Science Fiction · IMDb 6.1 (689 votes)

Visually stunningEdge-of-seatTwistyCold & detached

U.C. 0097, one year after the opening of "Laplace's Box". Despite the revelation of the Universal Century Charter that acknowledges the existence and rights of Newtypes, the framework of the world has not been greatly altered. The conflict later dubbed the "Laplace Incident" is thought to have ended with the downfall

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18. King of Thorn (2010)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 49m · Fantasy, Animation · IMDb 6.3 (3.2K votes)

Dark & grittyTwistyVisually stunningEdge-of-seat

A mysterious virus, nicknamed Medusa, is spreading around Japan, turning its victims into stone. Given the impossibility of finding an immediate cure, the government opts for cryopreserving a select group of patients until they come up with a solution. Kasumi, one of the chosen ones, has been asleep for years and her a

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19. GREAT PRETENDER razbliuto (2024)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 29m · Animation, Crime · IMDb 6.1 (299 votes)

Visually stunningTwistyFast-pacedEdge-of-seat

Presumed dead, master con artist and recovering amnesiac Dorothy is discovered by Shanghai Longu-bang, a mob who wants payback for her conning them. With no memories and nowhere to go, she must rely on a local crime underboss to elude Taipei's criminal underworld all while tracking down leads to her mysterious past.

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